"Ryan is a talented lad and we have to make sure we secure those sort of players" - Steve Davis

The seventeen-year-old academy product agreed a three-year deal last week after impressive early season form earned him a couple of senior appearances.

However, the luckless Colclough immediately suffered a fractured jaw in the second of them at MK Dons which has since ruled him out until after Christmas.

"It is something I wanted to do before he broke his jaw and it was even more of a reason to give him a lift," Davis told Crewe's official website. "Ryan is a talented lad and we have to make sure we secure those sort of players."